Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-08-07
ALASKA TOURISTS.
The Senatorial Party on
Their Trip 20 the
North.


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iResulsv Ger. Post Enfslii-s3sr.
EMm ALASKA TOURISTS,
Ai2 o'clock yesterday afternoon tie
sse1msAtp 0lympian. from Alasks via
ttc1ofia. arrived. Tee Mayer and 4
deiegafion of cili1ena met the sena-
torial peFty, Which vent on beard of
TIE kFanRei and we're landed e Peak
ham SPA Tia Olgmuinn followed
socn after WITH the F0xi Tpwnnena dsla
Raslon. Who joined n with the viaiilnn
party and enjoyed q genuine cid time
PUGET Sound olAm bake. Toward shs
eloae Of the afternoon Senator q. q.
Vest. ef MiseoaEi. mads an appropriate
address, il which be declared that ninos
his mineling and becoming beitss ao-
quainlsd with The eitiEans cf WanhiNR-
ton Territory, be would always consider
their interests As next 10 thoss cf hia
own State. shonld bis efforts Be 70.
qutFed Ia The halls OF Oonapess. 20 fur
ther the interests of Washington Ter
fteorg, IN obtaining Fooognilion amone
the sisterhood % States, or 10 adopting
measures by which tha Interests Of the
Territory wonld be advanced, he would
Be only TOO happy 70 reader all he aid
IN bis po9er.
Several other addresses we're delivered
BY fhoee present. The party retained
20 town e 5o'olock, uhsn the Oivmpian
isfl, bearing the following gentlemen OF
national fame 10 the head Of the sound,
whence they win return East hy 4
apeeial train which q at their disposal.
Senatof Dsn OameEon, Of PennaYlVania;
Senator O. b. Farwell, Of Iliinois; Gov.
efn0F ). r. Hanser, Of Montansg Col.
E. r. sheppard, Of New ork, senator
q. q. Ve1e, ef Missouri: Prof. Lewia
Dyer, Of Cambridge, Mas; ID. o. Oh
man, President Of Johns Hopkins Uni.
seFsisy. Baltimore; DE-. b. w. James,
Philadelphia; Fred. L. Allies, editor Of
the Rsrgl CalV0ratGa, Les Angeles, and
one hundred ether passengers.
TIE TnTPs
Special advioes 20 the Posr-INzntr.f.
0KHcEB from Alaskan ports per steam.
ship Oiympian were received laas even
ing BY the Port Townsend correspond
ent. On the way up the Olympian an
ohofed for twelve hours Ia AIaFt BAY on
account Of q thick fog prevailing. The
next stopping place vas Af juneau. A
day vas spent by The tourists in visiting
The world renowned Trsaduell Nine 90
Douglass 1aland. and the prosperous
mining camp adjacent.
On Saturday, July ga, Che steamer
vent 10 Dyaa Inlet, situated a. the head
% Chilcat Inlet. also VISITING Chiloool.
The next day (6undayl vas passed 10
slssing the wonders Of Glacier Bay, ths
Muir glacier and the iesherRa, the pas.
leDReFs climbing Che pyramids OF ice In /
regular Alpine fashion.
The weather vas extremely delightful /
turing the nrst few days Of ths passage,
the marvellous scenic effects Of /
he inland passage 20 Be viewed 70 The |
grealest advantage.
On ths steamers arrival 10 Hitka on /
Friday tho stFeels prassniad q very
ivoly appearances during the day, the /
Ixcurslonists pfomenading up and d0Wn /
be town taking Ia ell the sights, visit
ne the Presbyterian Mission and the
indian Training School. Sc. Michael's
lathedral, the native village and many
biects Of interest. The fAFtheat nerih- /
IN point visited vas Dyaa Inlet, being
0 deg. north latitude, and the fartheat
oint 10 the westward vas Gltka, 1856
eg. vest longitude.
THs sEIxED sxALzns.
Captain Olsen, Of aho sieam schooner
.nnie Beck, vas inleRvieued IN Sitka on
be 18th instant and eaid: "Ws cleared
ram the Victoria custom house last
february for the purpose Of sealing and
shina Ia BehrinQ Sea. ! doA't under.
land Why the vessel vas ssized, as par
onaly / vas not engaged IN catching
sala. I purchased the seals from the
edians for the owners Of The schooner.
sm moi responsible for their cAtohlnR
eals in American waters.s
Captain II. b. Jones, Of the American
shooneF Challenge, said: II left Seat
e on April 18th last, clearing fIom the
'oFt Tos nsend Custom Henos, With per-
lieaionsf q seal hnntinR and walrna
rip 10 she North Pacific and Arctic
bean. sealed up the Coast thirty
: forty miles from The shore as far
oKlh a. the Aleutian Ialands. I have
evGE hshed for scale 10 Behfine Sea.
here are two passages between The
IoFth Pscifo Ocean and bshrinR Sea
that point, one being throaRh Uni-
lak Pass The Akunn Pass being full
{ reefs and the Unimak Pas compag-
lively safe, ohose the latter, intending
D clean my vessel and take In q auppiy
( water. when anchored ihera, bad
ot quite decided vhelhoF 70 come back
. keep oa north, the Arctic Ocean be-
% my dssttraiioa.
"The shafRe against me IA that I
auehi seals IN Alaskan waters, that d,
Eithiu three Leagues of the shore. Any
ne who knows anything about sealing
. aware THAI such charge u Fidicu-
Gus, as We never l0ok for seals within
Wenty miles Of shere. They ere oaueht
II the way from twenty 70 one ban-
red and hfty miles Oh the onasi, The
Gals We paeked. vhioh Wsse seissd "
be authorities, yege eaaahi between
Japa FlatleFy and BaneAkh. an this
eFriiorY lies within The North Pacific
1cesn.s
Ths Uaised States revenue cutter
Richard Rash turned over 10 Marshal i
Atkinson 96s fur ssals recently aaptuEed
IRON the American sohocner CnalleDRe
sndlthe British sehooneEs ". p. Say
sazd and Annia bsok. Ths latter has /
BEEN dlananileG and q eomplate lnvcn.
ioEy taken Of everything 90 board.
The 2o82 sal skins, the result of lest !
years ssixufes, were sent 10 &an iran |
sisoo on the nteameR Dora, Walsh lafi |
0analaaka on Jgiy aih. hoana for San
Nlnsissa IsdiAns and thrss sAiloss Of
ihe W. p. 6sYward, and kwo Of the
Chailsnae'a Grew lefa NitkA about twen-
81 days aeo for the Sound IN several
sanoss and ooe boat
II 0u4I0EAs
In The DlStriss OanFt a. 8itka, on The
2sth ultlrno, h. b. Jones. OaDtain, and
OaFl EFFickaon, mate. q TIE sehooneT
Caallonas, Leafs Oisen, Captain, and
Michael Ksefs. mate, Of steam aeaannfE
Annie Bask sBd George u. Ferry, Cap
tain Of the aehoaBsf W. =. HayBaFd,
appsaqo1 bsfoEe 5adRe Dawa0n and
naads 81 applicatioa that they be per.
mittsd 10 GaFFeBdsg themselves en- the
aFounds that fheg we're devoid Of funda
necessary foF thsiF suhsisseDss. The
Court granted The aDpl,sailon and Or
dsred THAI the delesdanls BE- plaeed ID
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